Justin Marshall Elias

Justin Marshall Elias is an actor and composer based in Hollywood, California. As an actor, Elias has performed in feature and short films, commercials, webisodes, and has received critical acclaim for his work on stage. An award-winning composer, Elias has created music and provided sound design for feature and short films, documentaries, television commercials, and corporate multimedia projects as well as releasing several ambient music albums under the artist name "Dendroid." Elias was born in Palo Alto, California, and resided in nearby Fremont. At age eight, he relocated with his parents and older sister Jessica to Eagle, Idaho. An actor from the earliest age he can recall, Elias loved films, particularly the sci-fi genre, and loved to act out and improvise scenes as well as develop characters. This led to making experimental films in middle and high school, in which he also acted. Elias began exploring his interest in music while in middle school. He joined the marching band in high school playing the alto saxophone. Toward the end of high school, Elias began working with a digital audio workstation called FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops) that featured a graphical user interface based on a pattern-based music sequencer. By the time he was a senior in high school, Elias had technically mastered professional broadcasting and film making software and hardware. He was hired as a technical director by an audio visual and presentation technology services and solutions company. Elias considers Electronica his gateway into the world of music creation. After graduating high school, Elias began his undergraduate study at Boise State University. His ongoing fascination of movies led him to transfer his sophomore year to Montana State University, ranked in the top five film schools in the nation to pursue filmmaking. Elias scored many student films, and garnered several awards and nominations for film composition and sound design. During his senior year Elias…

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Sound

Born

Palo Alto, California, USA